Molecular epidemiology to better predict lung cancer risk.

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Although it is clear that smoking causes lung cancer, it is not known why some smokers develop the disease while others do not. Little is also known regarding risk factors for lung cancer among never-smokers, particularly women, or why women with lung cancer are more likely to have a family history of cancer, to be diagnosed at a young age, or to have adenocarcinoma. The application of molecular epidemiology to...

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